Hi every one this my first fic so go easy. Let me know if you like

CHAPTER ONE A MISSION GONE WRONG

Yusuke Urameshi was sitting underneath a tree in the park. He had once again skipped school and no doubt was going to get told off by Kayko later on. It was a bright sunny day. 'Rain my ass. Dumb weather people don't know what they're talking about.' Yusuke thought. "Urameshi!"

Yusuke looked to his right to see his classmate and now annoying friend Kuwabara coming up over the hill. "Well hey Kuwabara. Wait a minute I thought you said you were done with skipping school."

"Well yeah but Botan was floating outside my algebra class window. I went outside and she said Koenma had another mission for us." Kuwabara had this worried look on his face.

"What's wrong?"

"I just got a bad feeling about this."

"Oh, sixth sense kicking in. Hey where is our blue haired Grim Reaper any way?"

"She's getting Kurama."

"And told you to come fine me."

"Yeah."

Yusuke looked over at the city the first thing that caught his gaze was the fallen down building that Toguro and him had went into when he had been invited, well forced, into the Dark Tournament. The tournament had ended about a month ago and everything had been smooth sailing since. No missions, no stupid seven hundred year old toddler telling him what to do; just street brawling with Kuwabara every other day. "Yusuke!" Yusuke looked up to see Botan flying towards them and Kurama running below her. 'Here we go again.'

"Hey," Yusuke said as they approached.

"Botan what's this mission Koenma's got us going on?"

"I don't know Kuwabara. He didn't tell me anything other than that you guys would be leaving tomorrow."

"Then it's best we go ahead and see what this mission is about," Kurama said.

Botan summoned a portal to Spirit World and they ended up in Koenma's office. Yusuke looked at Koenma's desk, like normally it was piled with papers. "Forget it!" Koenma flung all the papers in the floor. He looked at the others as they took their seats in some chairs. "I suppose I better tell you what's going on."

"Uh yeah that would help," Yusuke said.

"Don't take that tone with me Yusuke."

"Oh what are you my mother."

"You wouldn't be doing this if you knew what it was about."

"Well get on with it."

"Hey wait a minute shouldn't we wait for shrimp to get here?" Kuwabara asked with a dumb look on his face. Koenma sighed; that was it, the bad feeling he had been having, the mission had to do with Hiei.

"That's the problem. I sent Hiei on a mission about a week ago. Two days ago his spirit and life energy disappeared. And he isn't answering his communicator," he paused, "I fear the worst."

"Wait a minute you're saying that he's dead?" Yusuke asked.

"No, if that would've been the case then his signal would've gotten weaker until it disappeared. This was all at once."

"Well yeah but the same thing would've happened if some one shot him in the back of head."

Botan took her ore and whacked Yusuke in the back of the head with it, "That's not funny Yusuke!"

"I wasn't trying to be! I was just saying…"

"Will you two shut up! I think he just went into uncharted territory. You're job is to find him and finish the mission that he started."

"And what would that be?" Kuwabara asked.

Koenma sighed again, this time due to the fact that they were giving him a major headache. "Something has been killing people in the jungles of the Amazon. I sent him to take care of whatever it was. Since there are more of you you'll have to get there by plane and from there take a boat. You'll travel along the Amazon River until you get to where I transported Hiei from there it's all on foot. Be careful there are many poisonous snakes, spiders, and not to mention ancient demons that have long since been forgotten."

"Well aren't we the lucky ones. So it's just the three of us with hundreds of miles to cover. This is going to be one hell of a mission," Yusuke said. He looked at his team and then turned back to Koenma, the bad ass smile gone and now replaced with a serious look on his face, "What's been killing the people off any way?"

"Unfortunately we don't know. What few bodies that are found look like they've been dunked in acid. But that's only been about twenty and over a hundred have gone missing. I'm not going to sugar coat it; this mission may even be more dangerous than Toguro."

"Now I think you're being paranoid," Yusuke said as he leaned back in his chair. Still it got him thinking, to stop Hiei, if the demon or whatever it was had got a hold of him, it would have to be strong, maybe Koenma was right when he said more dangerous than Toguro.

"Koenma, I ask permission to go with them." Botan said. She received looks of shock and surprisement from the boys. What was the big deal, she'd been on missions before with Yusuke. This wouldn't be any different. Hopefully. Koenma didn't know what to say, Botan was the head Grim Reaper, she hadn't fully trained another and if she died on this mission the underworld would be in complete chaos.

"Botan I don't think that's a good idea. I mean no offense but you can't really fight," Yusuke said.

"I can too! Besides my healing powers could be of some use," she crossed her arms and looked away from him as though she'd won the argument.

"ENOUGH! Botan will go with you ("YES!" Botan muttered, earning a stern look from Koenma.) Now I suggest you all go home get some rest pack a small back pack and get ready. You leave at five tomorrow morning. So you probably should get up at three. I've told the boat's captain that you're filming a show on the Amazon," Koenma stopped and got a nervous look on his face.

"Uh Koenma what's wrong?" Kuwabara asked.

"I just remembered that I didn't get any cameras to go along with the story."

The other four in the room sweat dropped and fell over. "You stupid baby what the hell are you on!" Yusuke yelled as he jumped back up.

"I have one. It's a small hand held one but it should work," Kurama said. 'Thank Kami fox's always prepared.' Then Yusuke realized something, 'Shit! How the hell am I gonna explain this to Kayko!' "I guess this means making more excuses," Kurama said. Koenma nodded.

He summoned a portal for them and they went to Genkai's where they knew everyone was. They walked up the long trail of stairs. "Hey Kuwabara I think I know what to get the old hag for her birthday. An elevator." Kuwabara gave a short laugh. Once they got to the temple they went inside to see Shizuro, Genkai, Kayko, and Yukina sitting in the living room. This was going to be one hell of an argument.

"And where have you been all day?" Kayko rounded on him.

"The park and then Koenma called us for another mission; we leave tomorrow."

"What is it this time? Another power hungry demon? Honestly Yusuke you're going to get yourself killed. Can't you guys bail on this one?"

"No, we can't."

"What is it then?

"Something's been killing people over in the Amazon, we gotta go kill it."

Yusuke purposely left out the part about Hiei being missing in action. Last thing he needed was Kayko being even more worried she'd probably say something like; 'Koenma's sending you three even though one of you might already be dead! I guess he doesn't care that if you all die then the demons are going to go overboard and take over Spirit and Human World!' Definitely not an argument he wanted to get into. He heard Kayko sigh.

"Fine Yusuke, but promise you'll be careful. If you really can't back out of it, then I guess it must be really important," she smiled even though she was sad that he had to go. Sometimes she thought that if it wasn't for the fact that they lived in the same city they'd never see each other. "You do know they don't speak Japanese over there right."

"WHAT!"

"Well yeah Yusuke it's over in South America. Heck I'd be surprised if you found someone who could speak English."

"Oh man I knew I should've taken a second language," Kuwabara whined. They were so totally screwed.

"Well unless Koenma knows every language there is then the boatman must know some Japanese," Kurama said.

"He knows every language," Botan said in a matter of fact tone of voice.

"Well is any one else going on the boat?" Yusuke asked.

"Well I know some one had booked it, just one person, and it was them that let us take the same boat. But I think we were going in the same place."

"Which is where Botan?"

"A part that's supposedly guarded by some type of giant worm."

"Worm?"

"Or was it a snake? I can't remember, the point is I'm sure it'll all work out," she said with a smile.

"You are a complete idiot you know that."

"Shut up Yusuke, the two of you arguing isn't going to help," Genkai said.

"She's right Yusuke, I'm going home, I'll see the four of you tomorrow," Kurama said as he left.

"Hold up I'm leaving too."

"What the hell, might as well go to."

"Yusuke watch your language!"

"Right Kayko, see you guys when we get back."